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Rio Ave vs Nacional Prediction & Betting tips
In order to continue on the path of victories and thus continue at the top of the ranking, this Monday a motivated Rio Ave jumps to the stadium Gramado Rio Ave Futebol Clube in Vila do Conde, to receive the visit of a needy National, in game that corresponds to the 9th day of the Primeira Liga de Portugal.
Rio Ave:
Those led by José Gomes are one of the protagonists of the current season in the Primeira Liga de Portugal, so Rio Ave comes to win by the minimum difference to Chaves and thus are placed in fourth place with 17 points, four points less that the FC Porto leader and one point less than the second that is Sporting Braga.
The victory against Chaves was the second consecutive, remember that the previous one was against Torrense in play for the third round of the Taca da Portugal.
As for his games for the Primeira Liga, we have to say that Rio Ave has only lost one game out of the eight played so far and this one came on the debut when he visited Feirense who beat him 2-0.
So this Monday playing at home aspire to add their fifth consecutive win of the season and so stay in the top of the standings and keep dreaming of the option to qualify for a UEFA competition.
National:
Meanwhile, the situation in store opposite is completely different, so the ones led by Costinha come to lose 5-0 in their visit to Sporting Braga by the Taca da Liga and with that they added their third consecutive loss, where we included the elimination of the Taca of Portugal against a modest team such as Lusitano FCV.
If we have to refer to their participation in the Primeira Liga, we have to say that Nacional come from losing 0-1 at home to Portimonense and in this way they do not know of victories in their last five games, and to be more exact, Nacional has only been able to add a victory in their eight games, placing in the penultimate place with just 5 points, being also the second worst forward with 6 goals and with Portimonense the worst defense in the league.
Of course, a fact to keep in mind and is that despite their poor results in these first eight days, we must say that it is a difficult team to defeat playing as a visitor, since of the four games as a visitor only lost a game and it was in the debut when he visited Sporting Braga, from there they added a victory and two draws, and this Monday they will want to follow that same path.
The last time these teams met, it was for the 2016/17 season of the Primeira Liga and both games were victories for Rio Ave, and to be a bit more extensive we have to say that Nacional has only won one game of the last seven times three from Rio Ave.
Rio Ave vs Nacional head to head matches
29.04.17 PL Nacional Rio Ave 0 : 2
18.12.16 PL Rio Ave Nacional 2 : 1
13.03.16 PL Nacional Rio Ave 1 : 0
01.11.15 PL Rio Ave Nacional 1 : 0
09.03.15 PL Rio Ave Nacional 1 : 1